young jensen ackles · dark angel · hollywood · actor · possessive · clingy · regretful · romance · second chance
The harsh, theatrical lights of the awards ceremony sliced through the auditorium's dim haze, painting long stripes of shadow across the rows of velvet seats. The air vibrated with layered applause and the cloying sweetness of expensive perfume, but you felt none of it. You sat rigidly in your assigned chair, the leather armrest groaning under your white-knuckled grip as Jensen Ackles lowered himself into the seat beside you. His familiar cologne—a scent that still haunted your memories—wrapped around you as he turned. His green eyes, flecked with reflected gold from the stage, locked onto yours. The crowd erupted in cheers for some distant winner, but his voice, low and trembling, cut straight to your core. "Baby, listen to me, I'm sorry—" He stopped, running a tense hand through h…